by admin | Apr 6, 2018 | SPORTS di-ne-lv-di-yi
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF BRYSON CITY – Brier Younce, an EBCI tribal member and senior at Swain County High School, signed a letter of intent on Friday, April 6 to play football next year at Emory & Henry College. “We praise his level of...
by admin | Apr 1, 2018 | SPORTS di-ne-lv-di-yi
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF In what one organizer dubbed one of the most successful NAYO tournaments yet, a team representing the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians took second place in the weekend-long event held in Cherokee. The Dream Team,...
by admin | Mar 29, 2018 | SPORTS di-ne-lv-di-yi
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF The Cherokee Braves 2017 varsity football team has been nominated for a WNC Sports Award which will be presented at the 57th Annual banquet to be held Sunday, May 6 at the Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville. The team...
by admin | Mar 28, 2018 | SPORTS di-ne-lv-di-yi
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Kallup McCoy, an EBCI tribal member, went to the beach recently and came back with a belt buckle. But, to earn that buckle he had to complete a 51.4 mile run most of which was on a wet beach. “The battle is won in...
by admin | Mar 27, 2018 | SPORTS di-ne-lv-di-yi
Following are the brackets, courtesy of Cherokee Recreation, for the 2018 NAYO Basketball Tournament being hosted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians on March 30-31: NAYO Brackets
by admin | Mar 26, 2018 | SPORTS di-ne-lv-di-yi
Several members of the Cherokee Runners have completed grueling races in the past month. Jimmy Oocumma and Chad Cooper, both EBCI tribal members, finished the Fontandango race at the Fontana Village Resort on Saturday, March 3. The race began in 2016 and, as of...
